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* NiceHat: Fred Phelps wears his cowboy hat everywhere he goes, and it grants him super strenght. Applejack, who also wears a cowboy hat, gives him a compliment on his good taste.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Fred says this word for word before being sent back.
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* WholePlotReference: One author's note states the fic is this of ''Literature/OutOfTheSilentPlanet''.
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* OnlySaneMan: Jack, who obviously has a higher level of common sense than his two companions and too often plays DeadpanSnarker to them.
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-->''I won’t go into detail describing Ponyville and the front of Twilight’s library where they landed, because we all watch the show and already know what Ponyville looks like.''
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* TheManBehindTheCurtain: Princess Luna hides behind the Royal Canterlot Curtain and uses the Royal Canterlot Voice when addressing subjects in her throne room, as per tradition.
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* TheManBehindTheCurtain: Princess Luna hides behind the Royal Canterlot Curtain and uses the Royal Canterlot Voice when addressing subjects in her throne room, as per tradition.
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* RealPersonFic: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps Fred Phelps]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Phelps-Roper Shirley Phelps-Roper]] and [[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/10/03/an-interview-with-jack-wu-the-westboro-baptist-church-member-running-for-kansas-state-school-board/ Jack Wu]] all really exist, and so does the [[ [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church Westboro Baptist Church]].
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* RealPersonFic: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps Fred Phelps]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Phelps-Roper Shirley Phelps-Roper]] and [[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/10/03/an-interview-with-jack-wu-the-westboro-baptist-church-member-running-for-kansas-state-school-board/ Jack Wu]] all really exist, and so does the [[ [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church Westboro Baptist Church]].
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** Twilight Sparkle comments that she finds it odd that God doesn't speak directly to humans on earth, as Celestia speaks to ponies in Equestria. Jack Wu comments that it reminds him of the C.S. Lewis book, OutOfTheSilentPlanet.
** Shirley is said to [[MontyPython fart in Jack's general direction.]]
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** Twilight Sparkle comments that she finds it odd that God doesn't speak directly to humans on earth, as Celestia speaks to ponies in Equestria. Jack Wu comments that it reminds him of theC.S. Lewis Creator/CSLewis book, OutOfTheSilentPlanet.
''[[Literature/TheSpaceTrilogy Out of the Silent Planet]]''.
** Shirley is said to[[MontyPython [[Creator/MontyPython fart in Jack's general direction.]]
** Twilight Sparkle comments that she finds it odd that God doesn't speak directly to humans on earth, as Celestia speaks to ponies in Equestria. Jack Wu comments that it reminds him of the
** Shirley is said to
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* RealPersonFic: RealPersonFic: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps Fred Phelps, Phelps]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Phelps-Roper Shirley Phelps-Roper Phelps-Roper]] and [[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/10/03/an-interview-with-jack-wu-the-westboro-baptist-church-member-running-for-kansas-state-school-board/ Jack Wu are Wu]] all real people.
* ShoutOut:really exist, and so does the [[ [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church Westboro Baptist Church]].
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->“Yeah,
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* ProductPlacement: Used several times in the story. In the beginning, Fred Phelps mentions going to [=McDonald=]'s, and throughout the story there are "advertisements" for popular websites such as Google Maps or Facebook.
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-> “Well, hey, maybe Hell isn’t such a bad place after all,” said Bon Bon.
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-> "Shut up, Jack, you don’t have superpowers," said Fred Phelps.
-> "Yes, but SHE doesn’t know that!" Jack said.
-> "Well, I do now," the Queen snickered.
-> "Shut up, Jack, you don’t have superpowers," said Fred Phelps.
-> "Yes, but SHE doesn’t know that!" Jack said.
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* AHellOfATime: Bon Bon and Lyra have this exchange with Shirley Phelps-Roper:
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-> “That’s exactly what I’m saying,” replied Shirley.
-> “Well, hey, maybe Hell isn’t such a bad place after all,” said Bon Bon.
-> “So what you’re saying is that Hell is filled with ponies like Bon Bon and I, and Heaven is filled with ponies like you?” Lyra asked.
-> “That’s exactly what I’m saying,” replied Shirley.
-> “Well, hey, maybe Hell isn’t such a bad place after all,” said Bon Bon.
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-> “So what you’re saying is that Hell is filled with ponies like Bon Bon and I, and Heaven is filled with ponies like you?” Lyra asked.
-> “That’s exactly what I’m saying,” replied Shirley.
-> “Well, hey, maybe Hell isn’t such a bad place after all,” said Bon Bon.
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-> “So what you’re saying is that Hell is filled with ponies like Bon Bon and I, and Heaven is filled with ponies like you?” Lyra asked.
-> “That’s exactly what I’m saying,” replied Shirley.
-> “Well, hey, maybe Hell isn’t such a bad place after all,” said Bon Bon.
-> “So what you’re saying is that Hell is filled with ponies like Bon Bon and I, and Heaven is filled with ponies like you?” Lyra asked.
-> “That’s exactly what I’m saying,” replied Shirley.
-> “Well, hey, maybe Hell isn’t such a bad place after all,” said Bon Bon.
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* GayAesop: Used when the WBC members encounter Lyra and Bon Bon, a lesbian couple. But of course, they don't learn from it.
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* GayAesop: Used when the WBC members encounter Lyra and Bon Bon, a lesbian couple. [[IgnoredEpiphany But of course, they don't learn from it.]]
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* ProductPlacement: Used several times in the story. In the beginning, Fred Phelps mentions going to McDonald's, and throughout the story there are "advertisements" for popular websites such as Google Maps or Facebook.
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* ProductPlacement: Used several times in the story. In the beginning, Fred Phelps mentions going to McDonald's, [=McDonald=]'s, and throughout the story there are "advertisements" for popular websites such as Google Maps or Facebook.
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Westboro in Equestria is a MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic human-in-Equestria comedic fanfiction written by CartsBeforeHorses. It stars three members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. A magical tornado hits their church in Topeka, Kansas, transporting them to Equestria. While there, they must journey from Ponyville to Canterlot to find Princess Celestia, in the hopes that she can send them home.
It is also a parody of Film/TheWizardOfOz, borrowing important plot elements and parodying many of the songs, though not a true crossover.
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''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/106436/westboro-in-equestria Westboro in Equestria Equestria]]'' is a MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' human-in-Equestria comedic fanfiction written by CartsBeforeHorses.Carts Before Horses. It stars three members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. A magical tornado hits their church in Topeka, Kansas, transporting them to Equestria. While there, they must journey from Ponyville to Canterlot to find Princess Celestia, in the hopes that she can send them home.
It is also a parody ofFilm/TheWizardOfOz, ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', borrowing important plot elements and parodying many of the songs, though not a true crossover.
It is also a parody of
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* ''Irony'': The Westboro Baptist Church had just got done protesting tornado victims, but find themselves the victim of a tornado.
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* ''Irony'': {{Irony}}: The Westboro Baptist Church had just got done protesting tornado victims, but find themselves the victim of a tornado.
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* Too Dumb to Live: Fred Phelps insists that the three WBC members go back into the church, even though a funnel cloud is forming right over it, because God will protect them. He doesn't.
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* Too Dumb to Live: TooDumbToLive: Fred Phelps insists that the three WBC members go back into the church, even though a funnel cloud is forming right over it, because God will protect them. He doesn't.
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Westboro in Equestria is a MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic human-in-Equestria comedic fanfiction written by CartsBeforeHorses. It stars three members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. A magical tornado hits their church in Topeka, Kansas, transporting them to Equestria. While there, they must journey from Ponyville to Canterlot find Princess Celestia, in the hopes that she can send them home.
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Westboro in Equestria is a MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic human-in-Equestria comedic fanfiction written by CartsBeforeHorses. It stars three members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. A magical tornado hits their church in Topeka, Kansas, transporting them to Equestria. While there, they must journey from Ponyville to Canterlot to find Princess Celestia, in the hopes that she can send them home.
* AsYouKnow: A meta example, the author doesn't go into detail describing Ponyville and Twilight's library "because we all watch the show and already know what Ponyville looks like."
* ButchLesbian: Fred Phelps incorrectly assumes that Rainbow Dash is one.
* CheckpointCharlie: When crossing into the [[spoiler: Changeling Kingdom, our heroes comment on how easy it was. However, they quickly find themselves surrounded by changelings.]]
* ButchLesbian: Fred Phelps incorrectly assumes that Rainbow Dash is one.
* CheckpointCharlie: When crossing into the [[spoiler: Changeling Kingdom, our heroes comment on how easy it was. However, they quickly find themselves surrounded by changelings.]]
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* ''Irony'': The Westboro Baptist Church had just got done protesting tornado victims, but find themselves the victim of a tornado.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Fred Phelps.
* MagicIsEvil: Asserted by Fred Phelps upon meetingTwilight.Twilight, as he asserts that magic is demonic in origin.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Fred Phelps.
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* NiceHat: Fred Phelps wears his cowboy hat everywhere he goes, and Applejack, who also wears a cowboy hat, gives him a compliment on his good taste.
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* NiceHat: Fred Phelps wears his cowboy hat everywhere he goes, and it grants him super strenght. Applejack, who also wears a cowboy hat, gives him a compliment on his good taste.taste.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Twilight says this to Rainbow Dash in the song, "Looks Like We Messed Up, Rainbow," after inadvertently bringing Westboro to Equestria. But as Rainbow Dash makes clear, it was mostly Twilight's fault.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Twilight says this to Rainbow Dash in the song, "Looks Like We Messed Up, Rainbow," after inadvertently bringing Westboro to Equestria. But as Rainbow Dash makes clear, it was mostly Twilight's fault.
** Shirley is said to [[MontyPython fart in Jack's general direction.]]
* SuperpowerLottery: The author implies that Twilight Sparkle has won it, saying that "she's like Green Lantern on crack."
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* SuperpowerLottery: The author implies that Twilight Sparkle has won it, saying that "she's like Green Lantern on crack."TheManBehindTheCurtain: Princess Luna hides behind the Royal Canterlot Curtain and uses the Royal Canterlot Voice when addressing subjects in her throne room, as per tradition.
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* WelcomingSong: Just like when Dorothy and her friends entered the Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz, Twilight and the WBC members are greeted with a song when they enter Canterlot.
* WreathedInFlames: This is ultimately [[spoiler: Jack Wu's superpower.]]
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* TrailerParkTornadoMagnet: Deliberately invoked when Rainbow Dash mentions that she and the weather team had made a tornado to clear out some foreclosed cloud homes in Cloudsdale.
* WelcomingSong: Two instances. Pinkie Pie sings her "Welcome to Ponyville" song to the WBC members when they first arive. Just like when Dorothy and her friends entered the Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz, Twilight and the WBC members are greeted with a song when they enter Canterlot.
* WreathedInFlames: This is ultimately [[spoiler: Jack Wu's superpower.]]]]
* YouJustToldMe:
-> "Yeah, I have powers too! And they’re the most dangerous powers of any of us, so you’d better let us all go, or I’ll use them!" said Jack Wu.
-> "Shut up, Jack, you don’t have superpowers," said Fred Phelps.
-> "Yes, but SHE doesn’t know that!" Jack said.
-> "Well, I do now," the Queen snickered.
* WelcomingSong: Two instances. Pinkie Pie sings her "Welcome to Ponyville" song to the WBC members when they first arive. Just like when Dorothy and her friends entered the Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz, Twilight and the WBC members are greeted with a song when they enter Canterlot.
* WreathedInFlames: This is ultimately [[spoiler: Jack Wu's superpower.
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-> "Yeah, I have powers too! And they’re the most dangerous powers of any of us, so you’d better let us all go, or I’ll use them!" said Jack Wu.
-> "Shut up, Jack, you don’t have superpowers," said Fred Phelps.
-> "Yes, but SHE doesn’t know that!" Jack said.
-> "Well, I do now," the Queen snickered.
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* FindOutNextTime: Used in the second-to-last chapter.
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* GreedyJew: Fred Phelps resists making an anti-Semitic joke about the rich bankers in Canterlot, because Twilight wouldn't get it.
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* MoneySong: The Canterlot elite sing one of these, and it's a parody of "Merry Old Land of OZ."
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-> “So what you’re saying is that Hell is filled with ponies like Bon Bon and I, and Heaven is filled with ponies like you?” Lyra asked.
-> “That’s exactly what I’m saying,” replied Shirley.
-> “Well, hey, maybe Hell isn’t such a bad place after all,” said Bon Bon.
* AsianAndNerdy: Jack Wu, who is more intelligent and has a lot more common sense than the other two members of the church, is Chinese-American. Bonus points because he wears glasses and is the physically-weakest member of the group [[spoiler: until the end.]]
-> “So what you’re saying is that Hell is filled with ponies like Bon Bon and I, and Heaven is filled with ponies like you?” Lyra asked.
-> “That’s exactly what I’m saying,” replied Shirley.
-> “Well, hey, maybe Hell isn’t such a bad place after all,” said Bon Bon.
* AsianAndNerdy: Jack Wu, who is more intelligent and has a lot more common sense than the other two members of the church, is Chinese-American. Bonus points because he wears glasses and is the physically-weakest member of the group [[spoiler: until the end.]]
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* GayAesop: Used when the WBC members encounter Lyra and Bon Bon, a lesbian couple. But of course, they don't learn from it.
* GenreSavvy: When Twilight Sparkle mentions following the cobblestone road, Jack Wu asks if there's a song that goes along with that.
* GenreSavvy: When Twilight Sparkle mentions following the cobblestone road, Jack Wu asks if there's a song that goes along with that.
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* MagicIsEvil: Asserted by Fred Phelps upon meeting Twilight.
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* NiceHat: Fred Phelps wears his cowboy hat everywhere he goes, and Applejack, who also wears a cowboy hat, gives him a compliment on his good taste.
* NoSmoking: The Canterlot elite are wearing tophats and monocles, and they're smoking cigars that "they couldn't depict in the show because it's a kids' show."
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* SuperpowerLottery: The author implies that Twilight Sparkle has won it, saying that "she's like Green Lantern on crack."
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Said by Twilight Sparkle right before she bursts into song.
* Too Dumb to Live: Fred Phelps insists that the three WBC members go back into the church, even though a funnel cloud is forming right over it, because God will protect them. He doesn't.
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Said by Twilight Sparkle right before she bursts into song.
* Too Dumb to Live: Fred Phelps insists that the three WBC members go back into the church, even though a funnel cloud is forming right over it, because God will protect them. He doesn't.
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Westboro in Equestria is a MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic human-in-Equestria comedic fanfiction written by CartsBeforeHorses. It stars three members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. A magical tornado hits their church in Topeka, Kansas, transporting them to Equestria. While there, they must journey from Ponyville to Canterlot find Princess Celestia, in the hopes that she can send them home.
It is also a parody of Film/TheWizardOfOz, borrowing important plot elements and parodying many of the songs, though not a true crossover.
*ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Fred Phelps can throw his hat with super strength, but seemingly can't use super-strength without it.
*EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler: Jack Wu,]] when he gets [[spoiler: super flame powers.]]
*HeteronormativeCrusader: Not surprising, given that this story stars the Westboro Baptist Church. While in Equestria, the Phelpses comment on how they think Rainbow's mane might make her a "faggot," and yell at Bon-Bon and Lyra for holding hooves.
*MakeMeWannaShout: Shirley Phelps' superpower is that she can shatter glass and eardrums with her screaming.
*MusicalWorldHypothesis: Twilight Sparkle explains that songs are simply one of the forms of communication. When the WBC members complain, she retorts
-> Singing is how a lot of us in this world express ourselves. You hold signs and picket, we sing. I know which one I prefer.
*NotInKansasAnymore: Uttered by Shirley Phelps-Roper to Jack, who takes offense since he's watched the Wizard of Oz and remembers that the line was originally spoken to a dog.
*ProductPlacement: Used several times in the story. In the beginning, Fred Phelps mentions going to McDonald's, and throughout the story there are "advertisements" for popular websites such as Google Maps or Facebook.
*ShoutOut:
** Twilight Sparkle comments that she finds it odd that God doesn't speak directly to humans on earth, as Celestia speaks to ponies in Equestria. Jack Wu comments that it reminds him of the C.S. Lewis book, OutOfTheSilentPlanet.
*TakeThat: Several, including
-> “Oh, right,” said Jack Wu at Fred Phelps' incredibly tenuous "logic."
->“Yeah, let’s go with that explanation,” said Rainbow Dash to the unicorn’s implausible story that was nevertheless still more plausible than half the explanations for Humans in Equestria that a typical fanfiction would give.
*WreathedInFlames: This is ultimately [[spoiler: Jack Wu's superpower.]]
It is also a parody of Film/TheWizardOfOz, borrowing important plot elements and parodying many of the songs, though not a true crossover.
*ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Fred Phelps can throw his hat with super strength, but seemingly can't use super-strength without it.
*EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler: Jack Wu,]] when he gets [[spoiler: super flame powers.]]
*HeteronormativeCrusader: Not surprising, given that this story stars the Westboro Baptist Church. While in Equestria, the Phelpses comment on how they think Rainbow's mane might make her a "faggot," and yell at Bon-Bon and Lyra for holding hooves.
*MakeMeWannaShout: Shirley Phelps' superpower is that she can shatter glass and eardrums with her screaming.
*MusicalWorldHypothesis: Twilight Sparkle explains that songs are simply one of the forms of communication. When the WBC members complain, she retorts
-> Singing is how a lot of us in this world express ourselves. You hold signs and picket, we sing. I know which one I prefer.
*NotInKansasAnymore: Uttered by Shirley Phelps-Roper to Jack, who takes offense since he's watched the Wizard of Oz and remembers that the line was originally spoken to a dog.
*ProductPlacement: Used several times in the story. In the beginning, Fred Phelps mentions going to McDonald's, and throughout the story there are "advertisements" for popular websites such as Google Maps or Facebook.
*ShoutOut:
** Twilight Sparkle comments that she finds it odd that God doesn't speak directly to humans on earth, as Celestia speaks to ponies in Equestria. Jack Wu comments that it reminds him of the C.S. Lewis book, OutOfTheSilentPlanet.
*TakeThat: Several, including
-> “Oh, right,” said Jack Wu at Fred Phelps' incredibly tenuous "logic."
->“Yeah, let’s go with that explanation,” said Rainbow Dash to the unicorn’s implausible story that was nevertheless still more plausible than half the explanations for Humans in Equestria that a typical fanfiction would give.
*WreathedInFlames: This is ultimately [[spoiler: Jack Wu's superpower.]]
